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How is your experience with point-of-care INR systems for home monitoring of vitamin K antagonists?

Are the INRs reliable? In what scenarios would you not recommend POC INR use for warfarin monitoring? Are these typically covered by insurance? Are t...

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How do you manage anticoagulation bridging for outpatient ESKD patients given concerns for bleeding risk with enoxaparin in this population?

Would you bridge with enoxaparin 0.7 mg/kg/day in an ESKD patient, as described in a previous retrospective study (Pon et al., PMID: 24718051)?

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What precautions do you take prior to CABG in a patient with sickle cell trait?

Please comment on temperature recommendations and role of exchange transfusion.

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Would you consider using DOACs in a young patient with SLE and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, who is negative for APS?

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What are the alternatives to anticoagulation in an individual with an atrial thrombus and absolute contraindications to anticoagulation?

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What are your considerations for peri-operative anticoagulation in patients with a mechanical heart valve undergoing a major noncardiac surgery?

Please comment on bridging.

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Circulation, 2012-09-25

Periprocedural heparin bridging in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists: systematic review and meta-analysis of bleeding and thromboembolic rates.

BMJ, 2021 Jun 09

Postoperative low molecular weight heparin bridging treatment for patients at high risk of arterial thromboembolism (PERIOP2): double blind randomised controlled trial.

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